1986 (4) TMI 272 - SUPREME COURT

Whether the voluntary amalgamation of the first and second appellants companies amounts to a transfer of the first appellant's right under the lease within the meaning of section 10(ii)( a) of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1960?

Held that:- Appeal dismissed. There has-been a transfer of the tenancy interest of appellant No. 1 in respect of the premises in question to appellant No. 2, subsequently renamed appellant No. 3, M/s National Radio Electronics Co. Ltd., in utter contravention of the provisions of section 10(ii)(a ) of the said Act as well as of the terms and conditions of clause 4 of the rent agreement dated January 12, 1959, executed by the first appellant, i.e., M/s General Radio and Appliances (P.) Ltd., in favour of the respondent landlord.